Sentence examples for pointed issues from inspiring English sources

Ronald Bevacqua, senior economist at Commerz Securities here, said, "I think that in some quarters this is going to reinforce the idea of, well, we shouldn't have sold an important institution to people who won't play the game our way," But the failure of Sogo raises even more painful, pointed issues for a country where hard questions are typically deferred.

But HBCUs should take the moment in the national spotlight to advocate for pointed issues relative to how the nation arrived at such a critical juncture.

The most pointed issue today is the Nkandla scandal, where President Zuma is accused of using some $23m of taxpayers' money to renovate a luxury residence in the countryside.

"Best used by" on the other hand is a pointed issue of quality, and simply means that for the best freshness, or very best taste, or to get the best use of the product's intended purpose, it's prime usage is any time before that "Best Used By" date.

And then there was that very pointed memo issued by News Corp Australia boss Michael Miller about the values of "trust and confidences".

Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama, facing off in Pennsylvania, where the effects of trade had become a pointed campaign issue in the weeks leading to the primary on Tuesday, repeated their pledges that they would seek to renegotiate the terms of Nafta.

Before the decision was made, supporters of Ms. Parker were quite pointed in raising issues of race and gender, saying there was no good reason she should not get the job.

That meticulously legal language did not disguise a thorny political and foreign policy problem for Mr. Obama: he has long resisted the calls to arm the Syrian rebels and has expressed deep doubts about the wisdom of intervening in an Arab nation so riven with sectarian strife, although he has also issued pointed warnings to Syria.

I can write this article without the fear that an FBI agent is going to show up at my door tomorrow and start asking pointed questions and issuing veiled threats, or that my phone will be bugged tomorrow.

Is the book meant to say any particularly pointed thing about immigration issues?

The smaller opposition parties, whose candidates were shut out of the debate, claimed that their absence all but ruled out any pointed discussion of the issues.